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From: Russ Cox <russcox@gma...>
Subject: acme: some thoughts about design
Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 09:48:22 -0500

> > The thing I don't like [very much] is taglines [as a place for commands]:

if you don't want to use the taglines for commands, don't.

the taglines are necessary -- how else would you know
which file was which?  putting extra stuff in them that can
be ignored seems like an efficient use of space, not a waste.